TMOMENT Time: momentary

Definition

Expressions of momentary or instantaneous time.

Detection Rules

xiao_2009

Requires: usas

USAS code: T2.1

Normalization

Per words

Sources

  • xiao_2009 — Xiao, Richard (2009) : Multidimensional analysis and the study of world Englishes

Notes

No word list fallback available. The USAS lexicon uses T2+ (beginning) and T2- (ending) but not T2.1 (momentary). Detection requires the USAS semantic tagger’s contextual analysis.